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The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has released a report by the Digital Information Task Force, which is focused on formulating recommendations to improve the availability of digital and geospatial information about historic properties in an effort to inform federal project planning.
The report, originally presented to Chairman Aimee Jorjani at the ACHP business meeting in March, outlines 5 major recommendations:
Make the Administration, Congress, agency officials, and the public aware of how digital information, including geographic information systems (GIS), increases the effectiveness and efficiency of project planning and helps avoid harm to historic properties.
Identify opportunities for funding and resource enhancement.
Enable cultural resources GIS data exchange between states, tribes, local governments, and federal agencies.
Address data management impediments to increase GIS availability.
Properly manage access and secure sensitive data.
Each recommendation is accompanied by recommended actions in the full report. The ACHP notes that they will "carry out these tasks to implement the report’s recommendations in cooperation with federal and preservation partners over the coming months."
Access the full report here, and the ACHP press release provides additional information as well.
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